The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-08
IoeaI department.

Mis- Lizzie Merritt is visiting her friend
Miss Kate ZONES, of Baltimore.
The Cecil Farmers Club will meet at
The residence of MIR. Jos. C"udon On Thurs
next.
Mr. and Mrs. BENZ G. Pearce of POGO
moke City, have been visiting their daughter
Mrs John S. Writ.
-Workmen are engaged in placing the
Sawyer electric light system in Singerly's
pulp works.
delaware City was visited by contia-
CATION on Friday morning. Nine houses
valued at So. 900 were destroyed.
Mr. j. Richie residing the Scott
farm in the Fourth district died on Monday
of pneumonia. His remains were Inferred
on Thursday at Christiana Del.
The wife of Mr.. Samuel Mackev ofnear
Lewisville, died the early part Of This week.
She was sister of Messrs. Walter and W IN.
Armstrong of this county.
The premises of C. R. Biles, near Blue
Ball Cecil county, were visited recently by
thieves VINO SLOle a gum Cpdt, UlinhtG anu
whip from tue carriage house.
MIR. Jacob Collins, who hnlds IA respon-
sibe position as manager of large tele
raph office in Washington, d. c., this week
visited his relations near this town.
-Juryman Mackie was excused from at
tendance at courtOu Tuesday ON account of
the illness of his horse. The animal had a
nail run into its foot.
Capt Nicholas Manly, who had been
seriously i'll for several weeks was able to
leave his home on Tuesday. This is the first
illness of a serious nature that the Captain
has experienced! in thirty years.
MIR Washington w. Black, an e>tima
BILE citizen of the Fifth district, died at his
home near Pripcipio Furnace, on Tuesday
morning last aged - years. He h I'd been i'll
for a long while and leaves a widow and two
sons.
Owing to a mistake in the framing of
the an died prohibiory law, the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors lawful on New
Years Day. The old law Went ont with the
old year and the amended law went into eff
feet after the first of January"
Miss Garrett, visiting at Thomas Wor-
rails Rising Sun, met with a serious acct
dent on Saturday night last. She acct
IDENTITY struck her head az ,inSt bracket
lamp, Knocking the top OFT the lamp. A
portion of her hair, head aud face
burned.
The Baltimore sun almanac for 1887
came to hand yesterday. II is of great
value to every citizen of tine state, contain
ing accurate political and other statistics,
as we'll much general information. 1t is
our standard book of reference for all state
matters.
The Presiding Elder Rev Charles Hill
svil hold loveteast service at H ,rts NJ f
church Elk Neck ON 5 thbtth next at 8
o'clock p. NJ, after which he will preach
for us-reyival services following. Preach
ing in the morning bv the pastor. Quar-
t-rly conference Monday morning at 10
o'cloc,-.
MIR. John Ferry, native of Cecil
county, has just died in Baltimore at an
advanced age. Mr.. Ferry was in business
on Light street for "A mum Der of years, but
had some time since retired from active
business with d competence. Mr. Ferry
was an uncle of James Sterling of this
Gown, being his mothers elder brother.
fills funeral took place on Tuesday and was
attended 10y his relatives in this town
Mrs. Mollie Blddle, wife of George Bid
dl-, a teauster in the employ of WIN. NJ.
Singerly iii connection with his pulp and
paper mills died GU Monday of diphtheria.
Her funeral took place the next day. Two
of her children had previously died of the
same disease, one being buried on Christi
mas aud the other on New Years Day.
here are no other cases of the same di SeaSs
town.
BENZ amin f. Trey, of LawrencevilIe,
Chester county, Pa, was struck by
CINE on the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Frazier station Tuesday morn
ing and almost instantly killed. Mr.. Trey
IT the recent election was elected Sheriff of
jhester county, and only the day before his
cath took possession of the office, and was
Iries when he met his death. He was
ont 80 years Of age and leaves a widow
several children
Mr.. John Campbell, highly esteemed
Cen of this county. died at his residence
aTew Leeds on Saturday evening last.
Heath was the result of IA paralytic
site he had several weeks since. Mr..
Ca,hell was formerly successful mer-
CHI at New Leeds. HIS married grand
dauter of John Wilson who bnilt
wo" mill at New Leeds in the early part
OF present century. He leaves one
d"uEr, Mrs. 5. Kennard Miller. His
fnneiwas held on Tuesday.
-iEas strange coincidence that
hessr osiah p Kirk, Lewis H. Kirk, G.
FRANK TX and CtssIus f. Kirk, three of
~hom brothers and the other a cousin,
should 70 heen all drs wn on the jury for
the 'ecber term of court H. was strange
again 'twheu the grand jury was drawn
n't one these four should have been
s"ltcteh 'erve AZ a member of 'the grand
l. quest But stranger still is the fact that
these lou 4n, all of the same name and 40
closely red, all served on the Jury which
on Iuesdsrel and con victed ,muel An
derson OF ating the old local option law
We warrathat they are all friends of the
prohibtor.w.
Mrs. Mus, the young wife of Jas Mar
Gus, OF thiS'iuity, died on Sunday at Lin
wood, Pa, ere she was visiting About
ten days be, she had "A tosth drawn She
was tronbley bleeding from the cavity
made by the wing of the tooth and shortly
alter her arrl at Linwood she was taken
Ill and phyan called r.. said that her
jaw bone haden broken in drawing the
tooth. She " worse and died AS above
stated last Suly The deceased had been
married but sort tine and was the daugh-
Ter OF the laterhn McKrnsey Who dird
suddenly VIII driving near this town
about two yeasince. Her funeral took
place on Thursy afternoon from the resi-
dence of her m,er about two miles from
this place.